Pol tries to turn tables on Bill Maher

Minnesota Rep. John Kline is fighting back after being targeted by Bill Maher in his “Flip a District” campaign.

“As promised, Maher is turning his liberal guns on our districts and using his TV megaphone and million-dollar war chest to defeat me in November,” Kline, a Republican, wrote in an email to supporters, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

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“My opponent … is walking hand-in-hand with Maher and has practically named him his campaign manager, focusing on the #FlipADistrict campaign against me and doing whatever he can to pander to Maher and his extreme liberal friends.”

Appearing in Washington on Friday for his HBO “Real Time” show, Maher crowned Kline the winner of his “Flip a District” campaign.

In January, Maher had announced plans for a contest to oust a member of Congress and asked viewers to submit why their lawmaker should be booted.

“Minnesotans are tired of sleazy and slimy politics,” but Mike Obermueller, the Democratic Farmer Labor Party candidate and Kline opponent, “certainly isn’t,” Kline’s campaign spokesman Troy Young said in a statement.

Young went on to say Maher had called American troops “cowardly,” degraded Christians by saying they were “schizophrenic” and “repugnantly compared special-needs children to ‘dogs,’” according to ABC News.

Obermueller lost to Kline in 2012 by 8 points, and the two are facing each other once again this year.

The Star Tribune said Kline hopes to raise $100,000 for television ads to counteract Maher’s campaign.

Obermueller Campaign Spokesman Kevin George wrote in a statement that the fundraising response saw a 700 percent increase this weekend over the previous weekend.

“People in our district understand the difference between a comedian’s jokes and an offensive voting record,” George wrote in a statement. “Mr. Young’s statement shows that Congressman Kline is finally realizing just how much a liability his record will be for him this year.”